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Help Us Help You Heart Attack Campaign

This February, NHS England and NHS Improvement is raising awareness of heart attack symptoms as part of the latest ‘Help Us Help You’ campaign. Heart and circulatory disease, also known as cardiovascular disease, causes a quarter of all deaths in the UK and is one of the largest causes of premature mortality in deprived areas....

Cervical Screening Saves Lives Says National Campaign

Today the Department of Health and Social Care, together with NHS England and NHS Improvement, are launching a Help Us Help You – Cervical Screening Campaign, to highlight the benefits of cervical screening and remind people that that it can help stop cancer before it starts. The campaign encourages those eligible for screening – women...

Women’s Health Survey 2022

How can we make it easier for women to get advice on their health? A Women’s Health Project Group is asking: How can we make is easier for women in Shropshire and mid-Wales to get advice on their health? Figures show that women are not coming forward for screening and asking for help with the...

Lift Someone out of Loneliness

Feeling lonely is something that all of us can experience at any point and it can have a huge impact on our wellbeing. It’s important to remember that these feelings can pass and that there are lots of ways we can help each other too. Fancy a cuppa? Fancy a walk? Sometimes reaching out to...

Self Care Week -15th – 21st November 2021

What is Self Care? Self care is the steps or the actions we individually take in order to develop, protect or maintain our health. Why is Self Care Important? It gives you control over your health and encourages healthy behaviour that will help to prevent ill health long term. When you take care of minot...

It’s National Ask Your Pharmacist Week (1-8 November)

The theme of this year’s campaign is ‘your local pharmacy can help’, raising awareness of the variety of problems to which community pharmacy has solutions. Pharmacies are part of the NHS family and the range of clinical services provided by community pharmacies has expanded significantly in recent years – with several more services having come...

World Mental Health day – 10th October 2021

For this year’s World Mental Health Day 10th October the Better Health – Every Mind Matters campaign is focusing on “What works for me”, demonstrating how different actions can help us with our mental wellbeing, with a variety of simple tips offered by the NHS endorsed Mind Plan quiz that shows ‘there are little things...

Better Health Campaign

Public Health England is launching the latest Better Health campaign, to encourage adults across the nation to lose any excess weight, eat more healthily and get active this summer. The new campaign offers free evidence-based support and guidance to those working towards a healthier weight. There are a variety of NHS endorsed apps which will...

Mental Health Awareness Week May 10-16 2021

It’s Mental Health Awareness Week and a great time to think about how we’re feeling. The national lockdown has been difficult for many of us and now that restrictions are easing there may be new challenges to consider. For Mental Health Awareness Week Better Health has published a new article on the COVID-19 hub that...

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